#WritersRead: Reading Memoir by Rochelle Melander
I started reading memoir years ago, thinking it might help me write my own. It did. As I revise my memoir, I continue to be... Read More
Are YOU a real writer?
Being a real writer means being able to do the work on a bad day. —Norman Mailer I’ve read and shared this quote from Norman... Read More
Summer Book Reviews: Arts and Crafts Books
I frequently write about ways to combat writer’s block. One of my favorites: engage a different part of your brain. Though I am not an... Read More
Is Writing Making You Fat? by Rochelle Melander
Writers, guess what? A new study suggests that the sedentary work life leads to obesity. Yup. A new study reports that 80 percent of today’s... Read More
Book Review: Six-Figure Freelancing
Are you thinking about starting a freelance writing business? Do you write and submit regularly but barely make enough money to buy toothpaste for your... Read More
How Writers Wait
Earlier this month, I traveled to Texas to meet with coaching clients. As travel days go, I expected a fairly easy one. I’d hop on... Read More
Wednesday Writing Prompt: The Power of Place by Rochelle Melander
As a reader, I often get bored by long descriptions of place. After pages of flowery language about the shape of the topography or the... Read More
Author Event: Geraldine Brooks
Since I moved to Milwaukee in 1995, I’ve seen dozens of authors speak at local bookstores about their work. When people ask me how to... Read More
Book Review: Walking for Health
I’ve had The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Walking for Health by Erika Peters on my shelf for two years and just opened it this week.... Read More
Walking and Writing by Rochelle Melander
For me, poetry is related to walking. Words and images fill me when I wander somewhere alone. Writer Bruce Chatwin lived with nomads and believed... Read More